A community hall, which created a spectacle when it “landed” by crane on an estate’s former ball court to avoid damaging trees and fences, has been officially opened.
Grays Riverside Community Association member Taff Edwards cut the ribbon of the £100,000 building in Seabrooke Rise, Grays, The three-year project, run by Grays Riverside Community Association, will provide a wide range of services.
These include an allotment parent and toddler group, an after-school club, an expanded arts and crafts club, a youth club, cooking club and a place for sport.
Thurrock councillor Tunde Ojetola said: “I am sure the new hall will encourage more people to become actively involved in the community.”
Funded through a fund for community groups, the hall will be financed through housing revenue and has received support from the Thameside Community Forum.
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